The drawing was done by Samuel A. Madden a 1934 graduate of Virginia State College for Negroes. The monument was to be constructed using the bricks from the old Virginia Hall which was being torn down in 1937.

Luther Jackson a 1914 graduate of Fisk University joined the faculty at the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute in 1922. Professor Jackson would enjoy a long career as a historian of the African American experience in Virginia. Professor...

James Hugo Johnston, Jr. was the son of the second president and a 1908 graduate of the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute. He received his AB degree from Virginia Union in 1913. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in history in 1937 from the...

This building was named in honor of Clyde R. Hoey, Governor of North Carolina From 1937-1941. During Clyde R. Hoey’s governorship the state of North Carolina provided free textbooks for elementary schools, increased teacher’s salaries and...

This building named in honor of Dr. William Jones, chair of the interim committee appointed to spearhead North Carolina College at Durham following the resignation of Dr. Samuel Massie as president. This building served as the college library from...

This building was named in honor of Dr. William Harrison Robinson, a long-time teacher and chairman in the Department of Physics from 1937 to 1962. The William Harrison Robinson Science building was constructed in 1937 and renovated in 1970.

This building was named in honor of Benjamin Newton Duke, pilanthropist, and tobacco business owner. Mr. Duke made substantial financial contributions to the college during its early development. The Benjamin N. Duke Auditorium was constructed in...

This building was named in honor of Benjamin Newton Duke, philanthropist, and tobacco business owner. Mr. Duke made substantial financial contributions to the college during its early development. The Benjamin N. Duke Auditorium was constructed...

This building was Named in honor of Ruth Gwendolyn Rush, Dean of Women, teacher of education, and director of Student Teaching (1926-1948). She gave thirty-eight years of service to the university. Ruth Gwendolyn Rush Residence Hall was...

Cooke, Paul;
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- District of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Presidents

Dr. Paul P. Cooke, was the third president of DCTC and served from 1966 through 1974.
Dr. Cooke has lived in the District of Columbia since 1921, when his family moved from Harlem, New York. He graduated from Dunbar High School. He earned a BA...

Yearbook. Leather Cover. Title page: The Lion, Published By the Class of June 1937, W.W. Layton, Editor-in-Chief. Microfilming and Digitization Funded By a Grant From the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC).

The students published several student newspapers over the years at Miner Normal School and Miner Teachers College. These include the: Transient Spectator (March 1900) seen here; the Intelligencer (Feb. 3, 1900), the Valedictory (June 1900), and...